Prof. Pushpavanam's Research League

.... PUSHing the frontiers of Science


Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

Books Authored

1.
Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-203-1262-3
2.
Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-203-4577-5

Book Chapters

1. PIV techniques in Experimental Measuremnt of Two Phase (Gas-Liquid) Systems in Rheology of Complex Fluids edited by Abhijit P. Deshpande, J. Murali Krishnan and P. B. Sunil Kumar, Springer, ISBN 978-1-4419-6493-9,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6494-6
2. Mass transfer effects in Chemical reactions in Catalysis: Selected Applications edited by B. Viswanathan, Narosa publising house, 2009
ISBN: 978-81-7319-758-1

Editorial Position

1. Editor, Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume: 43, published by Academic Press, Elsevier. The theme of this issue is Control and Optimisation of Process Systems, 2014.
ISBN: 978-0-12-396524-0
2. Editor, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume: 110, published by Elsevier. Mackie-2013 “Pushing the boundaries" Issue, 2014.
MaCKiE Issue
3. Editor, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Volume: 50, Issue: 23, published by ACS Publications. Recent and Emerging Advances in Chemical Engineering (REACH) issue Festschrift of Prof. M.S. Ananth, Nov 2011.
M.S. Ananth Issue

List of Research Publications / Conference Papers

138. Rajesh Ghosh, S Gopalakrishnan, T. Renganathan and S. Pushpavanam Adsorptive colorimetric determination of chromium(VI) ions at ultratrace levels using amine functionalized mesoporous silica, Scientific Reports 12, 5673 (2022). Click here to access the paper

137. Vamsi Vikram G, Shilpa Vats, Nirav Bhatt and S. Pushpavanam Sequential recovery of metals from waste printed circuit boards using a zero-discharge hydrometallurgical process, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, accepted on 3rd June, 2021. Click here to access the paper

136. Vamsi Vikram G and S. Pushpavanam Continuous synthesis of copper nanoparticles using a polyol process in a milli-channel reactor, Journal of Flow Chemistry, accepted on April 26th, 2021. Click here to access the paper

135. Krishna Kinhal, Nirav Bhatt and S. Pushpavanam Unravelling reaction pathways for tuning bimetallic nanoparticle structures: Role of reactant addition sequence, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, accepted on 19th April, 2021.

134. Prathmesh M Vinze, Akash Choudhary and S. Pushpavanam Motion of an active particle in a linear concentration gradient, Physics of Fluids, 33,032011 (2021). Click here to access the paper

133. V. Thammanna Gurumurthy and S. Pushpavanam Hydrodynamics of a Compound Drop in Plane Poiseuille Flow, Physics of Fluids, 2020. Click here to access the paper

132. Saranya Gopalakrishnan, Rajesh Ghosh, T. Renganathan, S. Pushpavanam Sensitive and selective determination of triclosan using visual spectroscopy, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 254,119623, ISSN 1386-1425. Click here to access the paper

131. Rajesh Ghosh, Saranya Gopalakrishnan, Rangasamy Savitha, Thiruvengadam Renganathan and Subramanium Pushpavanam, Fabrication of Laser Printed Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices (LP-Pads) For Point-Of-Care Applications, Scientific Reports, 2(9). Click here to access the paper

130. Akash Choudhary, T. Renganathan and S Pushpavanam, Non-Newtonian effects on the slip and mobility of a self-propelling active particle , J. Fluid Mech.,  2020, Volume 899 , Click here to access the paper

129. Akash Choudhary, Di Li, T. Renganathan, X. Xuan and S Pushpavanam, Electrokinetically enhanced cross-stream particle migration in viscoelastic flows , J. Fluid Mech.,  2020, Volume 898 , Click here to access the paper

128. Krishnaveni T, T. Renganathan and S Pushpavanam, Inertial focusing in two dimensional flows with sharp viscosity stratification in a microchannel , Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,  2020 , Click here to access the paper

127. Nitu Verma, Babita Verma and S Pushpavanam, Modeling Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Oviparous Species Using a Dynamical Systems Approach , Bulletin of Mathematical Biology,  2020, Volume 82 , Click here to access the paper

126. Krishna V. Kinhal, Shashwata Sinha, Aishwarya Ravisankar, Nirav P Bhatt and S Pushpavanam, Simultaneous Synthesis and Separation of Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems , ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,  2020, Volume 8, Pages 3013-3025 , Click here to access the paper

125. Ravikanth M.V.S.R, Pushpavanam S , Shankar Narasimhan, and Narasimha Murty B, Thermodynamic Model for Reactive extraction of Macro Amounts of Zirconium and Hafnium with TBP, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 240, 2020, 116491 , Click here to access the paper

124. Seshsai PC, Mayuri Kurle, Nitu Verma and S Pushpavanam, Multiplicity, travelling waves and spatial patterns in coupled autocatalytic systems , Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 218,2020 , Click here to access the paper

123. Rajesh Ghosh, Haritha Hareendran and Pushpavanam Subramaniam, Adsorption of Fluoroquinolone antibiotics at the gas liquid interface using ionic surfactants , Langmuir, 2019,35,39,12839-12850 , Click here to access the paper

122. Ravikanth M.V.S.R, Pushpavanam S , Shankar Narasimhan, and Narasimha Murty B, Unified Framework for Modeling Reactive Extraction of Metals:Unified Framework Illustration on Plutonium(IV) Extraction with Tri-n-butyl Phosphate, ,Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 45, 20788-20796 , Click here to access the paper

121. Kiran Jyothi S, T Renganathan and S Pushpavanam, Inertial focusing of a neutrally buoyant particle in stratified flows, Physics of Fluids, Volume 31,2019,102006 , accepted on August, 2019. Click here to access the paper

120. Akash Choudhary, T Renganathan and S Pushpavanam, Inertial migration of an electrophoretic rigid sphere in a two-dimensional Poiseuille flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Access Volume 874 10 September 2019 , pp. 856-890, accepted on 8th June, 2019. Click here to access the paper

119. Rajesh Ghosh, Saranya G, R Savitha, T Renganathan and S Pushpavanam, Fabrication of laser printed microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (LP-µPADs) for point-of-care applications, Scientific Reports, Volume 9:1, 27th May 2019, Article 7896, accepted on 15th May, 2019. Click here to access the paper

118. Sundari Ramji, Arjun Rakesh, S Pushpavanam, Modelling mass transfer in liquid-liquid slug flow in a microchannel, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 364, 15 May 2019, Pages 280-291, accepted on 12th January, 2019. Click here to access the paper

117. Sundari Ramji, Anil Vir and S. Pushpavanam, Two phase gas-liquid stratified laminar flows in tubular reactors sustaining liquid phase reactions, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 356, 15 January 2019, Pages 609-621, accepted on 8th September, 2018. Click here to access the paper

116. Rajesh Ghosh, Avinash Sahu, S Pushpavanam, Removal of trace hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions by ion foam fractionation, Journal of Hazardous Materials,Volume 367, 5 April 2019, Pages 589-598, accepted on 27th December 2018. Click here to access the paper

115. Krishna Kinhal, Nirav P Bhatt, S Pushpavanam, Transport and kinetic effects on the morphology of silver nanoparticles in a millifluidic system, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 21st December 2018, Frameworks for Process Intensification and Modularization special issue, accepted on 21st December 2018. Click here to access the paper

114. Sundari Ramji and S. Pushpavanam, Liquid-liquid extraction in laminar two-phase stratified flows in capillary microchannels, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 195, 23 February 2019, Pages 242-249, accepted on 30thNovember, 2018. Click here to access the paper

113. B. Dinesh and S. Pushpavanam, Stability of stratified flows through neo-Hookean soft-gel-coated walls, Physics of Fluids, Volume 30,11 October 2018
DOI: 10.1063/1.5045658

112. Babita K. Verma, S. Pushpavanam and R. Vadigepalli, Modeling the dynamics of human liver failure post liver resection Processes 2018, 6, 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr6080115

111. Dandekar, R., Picardo, J. R., S. Pushpavanam, Layered Two-Phase Flows in Microchannels with Arbitrary Interface-Wall Contact Angles., Chemical Engineering Science, 22 August 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.08.036

110. B. Dinesh and S. Pushpavanam, Effect of soluble surfactants on the stability of stratified flows through soft-gel-coated walls, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Volume 98,Issue: 2, 2 August 2018
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.023106

109. Avinash Sahu and S. Pushpavanam An integrated micro-fluidic device for continuous separation and pre-concentration of surface active solutes, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 30 July 2018
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01724

108. Durgadevi and S. Pushpavanam An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Pure Carbon Dioxide Absorption in Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide in Glass Millichannels, J. CO2 Util. 2018, 26 (April), 133
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.05.002

107. A.M. Kashyap, A.V.P. Gurumoorthy and Subramaniam P. Symmetric and Asymmetric Coupled Autocatalytic Reactions in an Isothermal CSTR, Chem. Eng. J. 2018, 337 (December 2017), 642
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.12.128

106. MVSR, R. K., Subramaniam, P., Narasimhan, S., & Murty B, N. Development of a Thermodynamic Model using a speciation framework: Illustration on HNO3 – H2O system, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 22 March 2018
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b05361

105. Babita. K. Verma, E. Rajeshkannan, T. Renganathan and S. Pushpavanam, A Hybrid Thermo-Kinetic Model for High Temperature Plasma Gasification, AIChE, 13 March 2018
DOI: 10.1002/aic.16146

104. T. Krishnaveni, T. Renganathan, J. R. Picardo, and S. Pushpavanam, Numerical study of enhanced mixing in pressure-driven flows in microchannels using a spatially periodic electric field, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Volume 3100, 24 August 2017, Pages 1–15, August 2017
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.00.003100
103. A. Choudhary, S. Pushpavanam, Process intensification by exploiting Dean vortices in catalytic membrane microreactors, Chemical Engineering Science, 8 September 2017, Sep 2017
10.1016/j.ces.2017.09.005
102. Anil B. Vir, Subramaniam Pushpavanam, Experimental validation of equilibrium based mathematical modelling of liquid-liquid phase transfer catalysis , The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 9999, 23 August 2017, Pages 1–8, Aug 2017
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22953
101. B. Dinesh and S. Pushpavanam, Linear stability of layered two-phase flows through parallel soft-gel-coated walls, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Volume 56,Issue: 14, 31 July 2017, Pages 4145–4155, July 2017
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.013119
100. T. Krishnaveni, T. Renganathan, S. Pushpavanam, Recycle Flows in Lab-on-Chip Applications Using Electroosmotic Effects, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume 56,Issue: 14, 27 March 2017, Pages 4145–4155, Mar 2017
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b04942
99. Anil B. Vir, S. Pushpavanam, Phase transfer catalysis in a microchannel: Paradoxical effect of transition from kinetic control to mass transfer control, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 317, 1 June 2017, Pages 1047–1058, Mar 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.02.131
98. Aditi Khot, S. Pushpavanam, Coupled autocatalytic reactions: Interconversion and extinction of species, Chemical Engineering Science, Nov 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.11.010
97. A. V. Raut, H. M. Yadav, A Gnanamani, S. Pushpavanam, S. H. Pawar, Synthesis and characterization of chitosan-TiO2:Cu nanocomposite and their enhanced antimicrobial activity with visible light, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Sep 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.09.028
96. Ravindra Dhirhi, Kali Prasad, Ajay Kumar Shukla, Sabita Sarkar, T. Renganathan, S. Pushpavanam, Marutiram Kaza, Experimental Study of Rotating Dry Slag Granulation Unit: Operating Regimes, Particle Size Analysis and Scale Up, Applied Thermal Energy, Jul 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.07.049
95. Avinash Sahu, Anil B. Vir, Sundari Ramji, L.N.Surekha Molleti, S. Pushpavanam, Comparison of liquid-liquid extraction in batch systems and micro-channels, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, Volume 104, June 2016, Pages 190–200, Mar 2016, Mar 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2016.03.010
94. Dipin S. Pillai, R. Vignesh, A.Jasmin Sudha, S.Pushpavanam, T.Sundararajan, B.K.Nashine, and P.Selvaraj, Experimental Simulation of Fragmentation and Stratification of Core debris on the Core Catcher of a Fast Breeder Reactor, Nuclear Engineering Design, Mar 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.02.038
93. J.R. Picardo, Radhakrishna T.G., S. Pushpavanam, Solutal Marangoni instability in layered two-phase flows, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, Feb 2016
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2016.135
92. D. S. Pillai, B. Dinesh, T. Sundararajan, S. Pushpavanam, A Viscous Potential Flow model for core-annular flow, APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING, Published Online, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2015.12.017
91. S. Paruya, N. Goswami, S. Pushpavanam, D.S. Pillai, O. Bidyarani, Periodically-forced density wave oscillations in boiling flow at low forcing frequencies: Nonlinear dynamics and control issues, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 140, Pages: 123–133, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.09.037
90. J.R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, Low Dimensional Modeling of Transport and Reactions in Two-Phase Stratified Flow, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 54, Issue: 42, Pages: 10481–10496, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01432
89. J.R. Picardo, P. Garg, S. Pushpavanam, Centrifugal instability of stratified two-phase flow in a curved channel, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Volume: 27, Article Number: 054106, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/1.4921631
88. J.R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, Laterally stratified flow in a curved microchannel, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, Volume: 75, Pages: 39–53, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.04.017
87. J.R. Picardo, Radhakrishna T.G., Anil B. Vir, Sundari Ramji and S. Pushpavanam, Modeling Extraction in Microchannels with Stratified Flow: Channel Geometry, Flow Configuration and Marangoni Stresses, INDIAN CHEMICAL ENGINEER, Volume: 57, Issue: 3-4, Pages: 322-358, 2015
DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2015.1044027
86. A. Manokaran, S. Pushpavanam, P. Sridhar, Dynamics of anode–cathode interaction in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell revealed by simultaneous current and potential distribution measurements under local reactant-starvation conditions, JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 353–363, 2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0800-9
85. J.R. Picardo and S. Pushpavanam, Understanding the Shape of Ant Craters: A Continuum Model, BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 470–487, 2015
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-015-0063-y
84. P. Garg, J.R. Picardo and S. Pushpavanam, Chaotic mixing in a planar, curved channel using periodic slip, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Volume: 27, Article Number: 032004, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/1.4915902
83. Shachit S. Iyer, T. Renganathan, S. Pushpavanam, Vasudeva Kumar Mantravadi, Niket Kaisare Generalised Thermodynamic Analysis of Methanol Synthesis: Effect of Feed Composition, JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, Volume: 10, Pages: 95-104, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2015.01.006
82. Dipin S. Pillai, J.R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, Shifting and breakup instabilities of squeezed elliptic jets, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, Volume: 67, Pages: 189–199, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.09.004
81. Ravi Kanth M.V.S.R., S. Pushpavanam, Shankar Narasimhan, Narasimha Murty B, A robust and efficient algorithm for computing reactive equilibria in single and multi phase systems, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 53, Issue: 39, Pages: 15278–15286, 2014
DOI: 10.1021/ie502639a
80. P. Garg, J.R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, Vertically stratified two-phase flow in a curved channel: Insights from a domain perturbation analysis, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Volume: 26, Article Number: 124106, 2014
DOI: 10.1063/1.4889738
79. R. Guruprasad, T. Renganathan, S. Pushpavanam, Generalized Thermodynamic Analysis of High Pressure Air Blown Gasifier, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 53, Issue: 49, Pages: 18750–18760, 2014
DOI: 10.1021/ie500898y
78. Anil B. Vir, A.S. Fabiyan, J.R. Picardo and S. Pushpavanam, Performance Comparison of Liquid-Liquid Extraction in Parallel Microflows, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 53, Issue: 19, Pages: 8171–8181, 2014
DOI: 10.1021/ie4041803
77. J. R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, Core-annular two-phase flow in a gently curved circular channel, AIChE, Volume: 59, Issue: 12, Pages: 4871–4886, 2013
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14247
76. Anil B. Vir, Shekhar R. Kulkarni, J. R. Picardo, Avinash Sahu, S. Pushpavanam, Holdup characteristics of two-phase parallel microflows, MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, Volume: 16, Issue: 6, Pages: 1057–1067, 2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1269-7
75. Jason R. Picardo, S. Pushpavanam, On the conditional superiority of counter-current over co-current extraction in microchannels, MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, Volume: 15, Issue: 5, Pages: 701-713, 2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1173-1
74. Selvaraju N., Pushpavanam S., Anu N., A holistic approach combining factor analysis, positive matrix factorization, and chemical mass balance applied to receptor modeling, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, Volume: 185, Issue: 12, Pages: 10115-10129, 2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3317-x
73. Dipin S. Pillai, Prasanth Narayanan, S. Pushpavanam, T. Sundararajan, A. Jasmin Sudha, P. Chellapandi, A nonlinear analysis of the effect of heat transfer on capillary jet instability, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Volume: 24, Issue: 12, Article Number: 124106, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/1.4772974
72. S. Pushpavanam, B. Malengier, Comparison of Co-Current and Counter-Current Flow Fields on Extraction Performance in Micro-Channels, ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 309-320, 2012
DOI: 10.4236/aces.2012.22036
71. Ali B. Ashraf, Pushpavanam S., Hydrodynamics, mixing and selectivity in a partitioned bubble column, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Volume: 187, Pages: 261-274, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.01.078
70. Renganathan, T., Yadav, M. V., Pushpavanam, S., Voolapalli, R. K., Cho, Y.S., CO2 utilization for gasification of carbonaceous feedstocks: A thermodynamic analysis, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 83, Pages: 159-170, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.04.024
69. Benny Malengier, Jyothi Latha Tamalapukala, Subramaniam Pushpavanam, Comparison of laminar and plug flow-fields on extraction performance in micro-channels, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 83, Pages: 2-11, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.027
68. Agrawal, G., Kaisare, N. S., Pushpavanam, S., Ramanathan, K. Modeling the effect of flow mal-distribution on the performance of a catalytic converter, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 71, Pages: 310-320, 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.041
67. Ravikiran A., Renganathan T., Pushpavanam S., Voolapalli R. K., Cho Y. S., Generalized Analysis of Gasifier Performance using Equilibrium Modeling, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 1601-1611, 2012
DOI: 10.1021/ie2006406
66. Hamel C., Wolff T., Pushpavanam S., Seidel-Morgenstern A., Multicomponent Dosing in Membrane Reactors Including Recycling—Concept and Demonstration for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 50, Issue: 23, Pages: 12895–12903, 2011
DOI: 10.1021/ie2001692
65. Ali B. Ashraf, Pushpavanam S., Experimental and Computational Investigation of Two Phase Gas-liquid Flows: Point Source Injection at the Center, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 50, Issue: 23, Pages: 13220-13229, 2011
DOI: 10.1021/ie2002268
64. Malengier B., Pushpavanam S., D'haeyer S., Optimizing performance of liquid-liquid extraction in stratified flow in micro-channels, JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, Volume: 21, Issue: 11, Article Number: 115030, 2011
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/11/115030
63. Ali B. Ashraf, Pushpavanam S., Analysis of liquid circulation and mixing in a partitioned electrolytic tank, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, Volume: 37, Issue: 9, Pages: 1191-1200, 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.06.006
62. A. Manokaran, S. Pushpavanam, P. Sridhar, S. Pitchumani, Experimental analysis of spatio-temporal behavior of anodic dead-end mode operated polymer electrolyte fuel cell, JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, Volume: 196, Issue: 23, Pages: 9931– 9938, 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.06.103
61. Ali B. Ashraf, Pushpavanam S., Analysis of unsteady gas-liquid flows in a rectangular tank: Comparison of Euler-Eulerian and Euler-Lagrangian simulations, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Pages: 268-277, 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.10.002
60. Krishnamoorthy C. P., Deshpande Abhijit P., Pushpavanam S., Immiscible fluid Displacement in porous media: Experiments and Simulations, JOURNAL OF POROUS MEDIA, Volume: 14, Issue: 5, Pages: 423-435, 2011
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v14.i5.50
59. B. Ashraf Ali, M.T. Bhoite, S. Pushpavanam, Euler Lagrangian simulation / PIV experiments of two phase gas-liquid systems: point source injection at the center, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELING, OPTIMIZATION, AND COMPUTING, AIP Conf. Proc., Volume: 1298, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/1.3516431
58. S. Pushpavanam, Mathematical modeling in chemical engineering: from lab-scale to field studies, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELING, OPTIMIZATION, AND COMPUTING, AIP Conf. Proc., Volume: 1298, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/1.3516311
57. Cherlo Siva Kumar Reddy, Pushpavanam S., Effect of depth on onset of engulfment in rectangular micro-channels, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 65 Issue: 24 Pages: 6486-6490, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.08.025
56. Goyal A., Pushpavanam S. and Voolapalli R. K., Modeling and simulation of co-gasification of coal and petcoke in a bubbling fluidized bed coal gasifier, FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, Volume: 91, Issue: 10, Pages: 1296-1307, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.04.012
55. Selvaraju N. and Pushpavanam S., Refining Emission Rate Estimates Using a Coupled Receptor-Dispersion Modeling Approach, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, Volume: 44, Issue: 32, Pages: 3935-3941, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.011
54. Vishwanath Mallikarjunan and Subramaniam Pushpavanam, Parameter Estimation Strategies in Batch Emulsion Polymerization, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 65, Issue: 17, Pages: 4967-4982, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.05.027
53. Cherlo Siva Kumar Reddy, Kariveti Sreenath, Pushpavanam S., Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Two-Phase (Liquid-Liquid) Flow Behavior in Rectangular Microchannels, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 893-899, 2010
DOI: 10.1021/ie900555e
52. Cherlo Siva Kumar Reddy, Devaki, K., Pushpavanam, S., Phase transfer catalysis of alkaline hydrolysis of n-butyl acetate: Comparison of performance of batch and micro-reactors, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING, Volume: 49, Issue: 5, Pages: 484-489, May 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.03.015
51. Swernath S., Benny Malengier and Pushpavanam S., Effect of Korteweg stress on viscous fingering of solute plugs in a porous medium, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 65, Issue: 7, Pages: 2284-2291, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.021
50. Kumar M. V., Zeyer K. P., Kienle A., Pushpavanam S., Conceptual Analysis of the Effect of Kinetics on the Stability and Multiplicity of a Coupled Bioreactor-Separator System Using a Cybernetic Modeling Approach, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH Volume: 48, Issue: 24, Pages: 10962-10975, 2009
DOI: 10.1021/ie900140u
49. Sreenath K.,Pushpavanam S., Issues in the Scaling of exothermic reactions: From micro scale to macro scale, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Volume: 155, Issues: 1-2, Pages: 312-319, DEC 1 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.06.035
48. Cherlo S. K. R., Sreenath K., Pushpavanam S., Screening, Selecting, and Designing Microreactors, INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 48, Issue: 18, Pages: 8678-8684, 2009
DOI: 10.1021/ie900306j
47. Rao S. K., Imam R., Ramanathan K., Pushpavanam S., Sensitivity Analysis and Kinetic Parameter Estimation in a Three Way Catalytic Converter, INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 48, Issue: 8, Pages: 3779-3790, APR 15 2009
DOI: 10.1021/ie801244w
46. Selvaraju N., Pushpavanam S., Adsorption characteristics on sand and brick beds, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Volume: 147, Issue: 2-3, Pages: 130-138, APR 15 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.06.040
45. Kumar M. V., Kienle A., Zeyer K. P., Pushpavanam S., Nonlinear analysis of the effect of maintenance in continuous cell cultures, MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION, Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 728-748, DEC 1 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.05.004
44. Ali B. A., Kumar C. S., Pushpavanam S., Analysis of liquid circulation in a rectangular tank with a gas source at a corner, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Volume: 144, Issue: 3, Pages: 442-452, NOV 1 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.07.009
43. Harini M., Sriram S., Deshpande A. P., Pushpavanam S., Variation of spatial and temporal characteristics of reactive flow in a periodically driven cavity: Gelation of sodium acrylate,PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, SEP 2008
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031407
42. Sriram S., Deshpande A. P., Pushpavanam S., Characterization of viscoelastic fluid flow in a periodically driven cavity: Flow structure, frequency response, and phase lag, POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, Volume: 48, Issue: 9, Pages: 1693-1706, SEP 2008
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21175
41. Gigras A., Pushpavanam S., Early induction of secondary vortices for micromixing enhancement, MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-99, JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0230-z
40. Balasubramanian P., Pushpavanam S., Model discrimination in hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil using discrete lumped kinetics, FUEL, Volume: 87, Issue: 8-9, Pages: 1660-1672, JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.08.009
39. Swernath S., Pushpavanam S., Instability of a vertical chemical front: Effect of viscosity and density varying with concentration, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Article Number: 012101, JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1063/1.2829081
38. Swernath S., Pushpavanam S., Viscous fingering in a horizontal flow through a porous medium induced by chemical reactions under isothermal and adiabatic conditions, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Volume: 127, Issue: 20, Article Number: 204701, NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1063/1.2799999
37. Srirarm S., Pushpavanam S., Deshpande A., Tulapurkara E.G.,Experimental and Computational Investigation of Flow in a Periodically - Driven Cavity, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL & EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-10, 2007
DOI: 10.3970/icces.2007.004.001
36. Balleda A., Pushpavanam S., Deshpande A., Experimental and numerical investigation of liquid circulation induced by a bubble plume in a baffled tank, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 62, Issue: 17, Pages: 4689-4704, SEP 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.023
35. Bandaru K. S. V. S. R., Kessler L. C., Wolff M. W., Reichl U., Seidel-Morgenstern A., Pushpavanam S., Hydrodynamic characteristics and expansion behavior of beds containing single and binary mixtures of particles, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 46, Issue: 13, Pages: 4686-4694, JUN 2007
DOI: 10.1021/ie061580x
34. Krishnamoorthy C. P., Deshpande A. P., Pushpavanam S., Effect of periodic and continuous irrigation on water transport through porous media, JOURNAL OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING-ASCE, Volume: 133, Issue: 2, Pages: 100-109, MAR-APR 2007
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2007)133:2(100)
33. Zeyer K. P., Kulkarni A. A., Kienle A., Kumar M. V., Pushpavanam S., Nonlinear behavior of reactor-separator networks: Influence of the energy balance formulation, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 1197-1207, FEB 2007
DOI: 10.1021/ie0607595
32. Thirupathi G., Krishnamoorthy C. P., Pushpavanam S., Adsorption characteristics of inorganic salts and detergents on sand beds, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Volume: 125, Issue: 3, Pages: 177-186, JAN 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.08.023
31. V. Sree Rama Raju, S. Pushpavanam, Achim Kienle, Nonlinear behavior of reactor separator networks with mass and energy recycle, ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Volume: 1, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 44-53, OCT-DEC 2006
DOI: 10.1002/apj.6
30. Kumar M. V., Raju V. S. R., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Effect of the minimum flux condition in the settler on the nonlinear behavior of the activated sludge process, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 45, Issue: 17, Pages: 5996-6006, AUG 2006
DOI: 10.1021/ie051376u
29. Sriram S., Deshpande A. P., Pushpavanam S., Analysis of spatiotemporal variations and flow structures in a periodically driven cavity, JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, Volume: 128, Issue: 3, Pages: 413-420, MAY 2006
DOI: 10.1115/1.2173289
28. Vetukuri S. R. R., Pushpavanam S., Zeyer K. P., Kienle A., Nonlinear behavior of coupled reactor-separator systems with azeotropic vapor-liquid equilibriums (VLEs): Comparison of different control strategies, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 1019-1028, FEB 2006
DOI: 10.1021/ie0502382
27. Manthena Vamsi Krishna, Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Sree Rama Raju V., Nonlinear Behavior of Reactor−Separator Systems with Azeotropic Mixtures, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 212–222, 2006
DOI: 10.1021/ie0503693
26. Balasubramanian P., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Balaraman K. S., Effect of delay on the stability of a coupled reactor-flash system sustaining an elementary non-isothermal reaction, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 44, Issue: 10, Pages: 3619-3625, MAY 2005
DOI: 10.1021/ie040005v
25. Painuly A., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Steady state behavior of coupled nonlinear reactor-separator systems: Effect of different separators, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 44, Issue: 7, Pages: 2165-2173, MAR 2005
DOI: 10.1021/ie0496840
24. Manthena Vamsi Krishna, Pushpavanam S., Kienle, A., Effect of Conversion-Dependent Viscosity on the Nonlinear Behavior of a Reactor with Fixed Pressure Drop, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 43, Issue: 26, Pages: 8284–8292, 2004
DOI: 10.1021/ie0497792
23. Thomas S., Pushpavanam S., Seidel-Morgenstern A., Performance improvements of parallel-series reactions in tubular reactors using reactant dosing concepts, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 969-979, FEB 2004
DOI: 10.1021/ie020878u
22. Balasubramanian P., Bettina S. J., Pushpavanam S., Balaraman K. S., Kinetic parameter estimation in hydrocracking using a combination of genetic algorithm and sequential quadratic programming, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 42, Issue: 20, Pages: 4723-4731, OCT 2003
DOI: 10.1021/ie021057s
21. Balasubramanian P., Kosuri M. R., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Effect of delay on the stability of a coupled reactor-separator system, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 42, Issue: 16, Pages: 3758-3764, AUG 2003
DOI: 10.1021/ie0208826
20. Zeyer K. P., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Nonlinear behavior of reactor-separator networks: Influence of separator control structure, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 42, Issue: 14, Pages: 3294-3303, JUL 2003
DOI: 10.1021/ie020768n
19. Waschler R., Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Multiple steady states in two-phase reactors under boiling conditions, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 58, Issue: 11, Pages: 2203-2214, JUN 2003
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00083-6
18. Sagale A. A., Pushpavanam S., A comparison of control strategies for a nonlinear reactor-separator network sustaining an autocatalytic isothermal reaction, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 41, Issue: 8, Pages: 2005-2012, APR 2002
DOI: 10.1021/ie010143+
17. Pushpavanam S., Kienle A., Nonlinear behavior of an ideal reactor separator network with mass recycle, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 56, Issue: 8, Pages: 2837-2849, APR 2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00538-8
16. Zeyer K. P., Pushpavanam S., Mangold M., Gilles E. D., The behavior of the iron(III)-catalyzed oxidation of ethanol by hydrogen peroxide in a fed-batch reactor, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Volume: 2, Issue: 16, Pages: 3605-3612, 2000
DOI: 10.1039/B003230L
15. Srinivas B., Pushpavanam S., Determining parameters where pressure drop oscillations occur in a boiling channel using singularity theory and the D-partition method, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 55, Issue: 18, Pages: 3771-3783, SEP 2000
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00082-5
14. Rao V. N. S., Pushpavanam S., Effect of noise on the behavior of a zeroth-order reaction in a continuous stirred tank reactor, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 926-932, APR 2000
DOI: 10.1021/ie990081b
13. Srinivas B., Pushpavanam S., Steady state behavior of boiling channels: a comprehensive analysis using singularity theory, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, Volume: 190, Issue: 3, Pages: 303-316, JUN 1999
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00061-0
12. Pushpavanam S., Rao S., Khan I., Optimization of a biochemical fed-batch reactor using sequential quadratic programming, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 38, Issue: 5, Pages: 1998-2004, MAY 1999
DOI: 10.1021/ie9805483
11. Jayant A., Pushpavanam S., Optimization of a biochemical fed-batch reactor-transition from a nonsingular to a singular problem, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 37, Issue: 11, Pages: 4314-4321, NOV 1998
DOI: 10.1021/ie970557w
10. Shukla P. K., Pushpavanam S., Optimisation of biochemical reactors - an analysis of different approximations of fed-batch operation, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-352, JAN 1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00315-1
09. Narayanan S., Srinivas B., Pushpavanam S., Bhallamudi S. M., Non-linear dynamics of a two phase flow system in an evaporator: The effects of (i) a time varying pressure drop (ii) an axially varying heat flux, NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, Volume: 178, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-294, DEC 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00233-1
08. Shukla P. K., Pushpavanam S., Khanna A., Harmon J. L., Experimental implementation of a recursive algorithm to control the temperature trajectory of an exothermic batch reactor, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 122-129, Published: JAN 1997
DOI: 10.1021/ie9505569
07. Shukla P. K., Pushpavanam S., Parametric Sensitivity, Runaway, and Safety in batch reactors - Experiments and Models, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, Volume: 33, Issue: 12, Pages: 3202-3208, DEC 1994
DOI: 10.1021/ie00036a039
06. Konnur R,, Pushpavanam S., The dynamics of a fed batch reactor - The transition from the batch to the CSTR, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 383-392, FEB 1994
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(94)87009-8
05. Pushpavanam S., The D-Partition method- An application to the 1st order irreversible exothermic reaction in a CSTR, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 502-504, FEB 1992
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(92)80042-B
04. Pushpavanam S., Narayanan R., Critical conditions for natural convection induced by a surface reaction, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, Volume: 33, Issue: 9, Pages: 2056-2059, SEP 1990
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90237-O
03. Pushpavanam S., Narayanan R., Ignition and extinction in a model problem with parallel endothermic and exothermic reactions, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 44, Issue: 11, Pages: 2611-2618, 1989
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(89)85205-4
02. Pushpavanam S., Narayanan R., Comparison results for ignition in conjugate systems, IMA JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-51, 1988
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/40.1.37
01. Pushpavanam S., Narayanan R., Uniqueness conditions for steady solutions in the case of m-th order reactions - Non isothermal pellets with variable transport coefficients, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 394-396, 1988
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(88)85054-1